Program director out at WTOP

Laurie Cantillo is out as program director at Washington’s all-news radio station WTOP.

“The decision has been made to not renew Laurie Cantillo’s contract,” WTOP General Manager Joel Oxley wrote in a staff memo sent Friday. “The decision was reached mutually by Laurie and me.”

Cantillo took over at WTOP in 2011, replacing longtime programmer Jim Farley.

In a separate memo, Cantillo wrote “this the right time for me to pursue my next adventure.” She expressed plans to co-create a screenplay and…